Silverlight 3 can run out of the browser.. what extra functionality this offers for developer.. and for the user?
Silverlight 3 can run out of the browser.. what extra functionality this offers for the developer.. and for the user? ...
silverlight-3.0
Creating an IMAP client application in Silverlight
I'd like to make a stripped down email client for my pre-schooler using Silverlight 3 and pulling email from a Gmail account. I'll have some filters setup in Gmail so that only a subset of email is given a particular label, similar to creating a whitelist. Then, I'd like to pull those emails with that label to the Silverlight client....
Change the position of the textbox validation
The new data validation in silverlight 3 has a red textbox that flies out to the right. This is a problem for me because I have have a textbox to the right that is getting covered by the popup. How can I make this popup move somewhere else? ...
Silverlight 3 and IMultiValueConverter
As you may know, Silverlight 3 doesn't support IMultiValueConverter and... I badly need it. A Web Service proxy which defines a class structure that I need to display in my UI. The object definition class has a few array property such as string[], int[], etc. When I bind these property to a TextBlock, the Text property of the TextBlock b...
New features in Silverlight 3.
I just heard that Silverlight 3 has been officially released on 10th July 2009 and available for download! Speaking of which, What are the new features of Silverlight 3? ...
Silverlight 3 won't install on Windows XP embedded 2002
Well, I tried HARD to install silverlight 3.0 on Windows XP embedded but keeps displaying that "Install Sivlerlight Logo" as if it never picks it up or installs at all ... Anyone had same problems? Any solutions? ...
How to increase MaxStringContentLength on the server side for binary Http binding
I recently converted some Silverlight 3 WCF services to use the new binary http bindings. Long strings are often sent over to the server for deserialization in these services and I previously used to ensure the data could be read properly. However, with the new binding I can't find the correct place to add the element: <custom...
How can I turn off Validation in the Silverlight 3 DataGrid?
I have a Silverlight 3 DataGrid that I am creating in code, in order to handle transposing data. For every column I need, I create a DataGridTextColumn, and set it's binding in code. I set the Binding object = TwoWay and set ValidatesOnExceptions = false and NotifyOnValidationError = false The grid worked fine under Silverlight 2, but...
Silverlight 3.0 navigation with transitions ?
Hey all. Back in the day, during Silverlight 2 Beta 1 I've stumbled upon a piece of code at flawlesscode.com. The forementioned code enabled the user to navigate between xaml pages while employing some nifty hard-coded transitions like fading etc. Needless to say this still works in Silverlight 2.0 and to the best of my knowledge in Si...
Offline database access under Silverlight-3
As the Silverlight team worked through the betas, one glaring pain point that is existing in the realm of Silverlight 3 is the ability to have an offline database, so that you can right-click on the SL application, install it locally, and then be able to manipulate data in a local setting, without the Internet. I've read a few articles ...
Silverlight 3 + RIA Services Data Commit Issue
Hello, I'm working on a Silverlight 3 app with RIA Services. I've got the app running but for some reason it's only reading data, not committing changes. Most of the online examples I've seen use Linq2Entities; we're using Linq2SQL (our data model is pretty good as-is without abstraction.) Here's a snippet of the Service: [EnableCli...
Silverlight 3 on Mac OS X in Firefox 3.5 doesn't work!!
I'm trying to upgrade my site to Silverlight 3. All my customers are having a reasonabily good experience from upgrading to Silverlight 3 from Silverlight 2 or just a fresh install. But on Mac OS X in Firefox 3.5, after Silverlight is installed they cant view any Silverlight apps, it's just blank on screen. No errors, I can right click ...
Silverlight3: DataGrid vertical scrollbar missing when binding to PagedCollectionView
Hello, I have a Silverlight DataGrid and I have set the ItemsSource to an instance of PagedCollectionView (I'm wanting to paginate my data with DataPagers). I've noticed that the vertical scrollbar disappears when using the PagedCollectionView - which is a problem for me because I have the DataGrid nested inside of a Grid in which the ...
silverlight 3 datagrid x:name issue
I have recently uplifted my SL2 solution to SL3. I have a UserControl that contains only a datagrid: <UserControl x:Class="Case.CaseDataGrid_View" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:data="clr-namespace:Syste...
Is it impossible to put AutoCompeleteBox inside of DataForm?
I tried to use autocompletebox inside of dataform instead of TextBox. but I cannot see instance name of autocompletebox in the class file. BTW, If I put autocompletebox outside of dataform, I can see instance name of autocompletebox, "acbEmpName". So, my question is that Is it impossible to put autocompletebox inside of dataform? If so...
Security configuration when using custom binding in WCF
Hello, I'm about to port an application to silverlight. Until now my client application talked to the server using netTcpBinding. However Silverlight doesn't support that, and I found out that they recommend to use a custom binding instead. I'd like to know wether I need to configure the binding in a special way regarding security. My...
Silverlight: Deleting Template Parts
Hello, I have a question regarding template parts. I want to create a control that inherits from ChildWindow, but I don't want it to have a border, OK/Close buttons, etc. Is it an acceptable practice to remove the template parts that I don't want? I have created a copy of the ChildWindow template in Blend and removed the template p...
SL3 TimePicker width resize
I'm using the latest version of the SL Toolkit for SL3. The TimePicker works great but is slightly too big. There's plenty of white space before the actual time. I tried to resize the control by setting MinWidth and Width but the TextBox dislaying the time doesn't get resized below a width of 120 and therefore the right part gets hidden...
Ria services replaces WCF services
We currently have a Silverlight 2.0 application communicating with a set of WCF web services. These services communicate with other WCF services for business logic. Client DMZ Intranet Silverlight -> WCF Web Service Gateway -> WCF Biz service -> DB The WCF web service gateway resides within the DMZ. W...
Silverlight 3 out-of-browser: set host window size?
Is it possible for a Silverlight 3 application which is running in out-of-browser mode to set the size of the container window? I've got an app with collapsible panel sections and I want the window to automatically size to the current size of the LayoutRoot control. ...